“The story of the American GIs’ opposing the war was very deeply buried under the mythology of an antiwar movement that hated soldiers–that spat on them when they came home… I really set out to correct the historic record. And I think it’s an extremely important correction because it completely changes people’s understanding of what happened in the 60s.”

That is filmmaker David Zieger speaking with host Allen Ruff about his GI antiwar movement film Sir! No Sir! The film, which came out in 2005, chronicles the resistance and antiwar activities of U.S. troops during the Vietnam War.

Zeiger will be attending a viewing of Sir! No Sir! on Wednesday, April 10th at 7pm at the Wisconsin Historical Society. This event is part of series called Waging Peace in Vietnam.

 

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